hi I had similar situations with other Soekris boxes ... however I solved it by compiling the FreeBSD kernel with
options CPU_GEODE options CPU_SOEKRIS Give it a try ... ev23 On 02/12/2007, Tim Jakobsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have purchased a net5501-70 but I am experiencing some instability > regarding the clock and the network adapters. I am wondering if it is > because of the OS or if it is hardware. > > First I have sent the net5501 to Soekris to get the clock fixed but > still I experience that the clock is being adjusted by ntpd. Sometimes > by up to 12 seconds. This makes my daemons die which is unfortunate on > a server. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing? Is this to do > with the OS? I have tried NetBSD and OpenBSD. > There does not seem to be a pattern to when the clock is in need of > adjustment. Sometimes it can be hours before it is being adjusted and > sometimes it can be minutes before an adjustment is needed. > > Second the network adapters seem to die after a few days. Then you > have to logon to the console and do an ifconfig down ; ifconfig up and > then everything is fine for a few hours/days till it happens all over > again. > > Any suggestions as to what I should do to fix these problems are > welcome. > > -- > Regards, > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- mvh/best regards ervin _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
